European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 18 , Pages 2784-2786 , December 2005

Why did the study fail?

  • Silvia Dellapasqua

      Affiliations

    • International Breast Cancer Study Group, Effingerstrasse 40, 3008 Bern, Switzerland
    • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, v. Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Monica Castiglione-Gertsch

      Affiliations

    • International Breast Cancer Study Group, Effingerstrasse 40, 3008 Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel: +41 31 389 91 91; fax: +41 31 389 92 00.

Received 4 August 2005 ,Accepted 5 August 2005.

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PII: S0959-8049(05)00784-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.08.024

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 18 , Pages 2784-2786 , December 2005

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